Collaborating Across Continents: Developing a Contemporary Masquerade Exhibition
Schedule
Fri Aug 02 2024 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA
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Join the New Orleans Museum of Art for a presentation on contemporary West African masquerade, in advance of the upcoming exhibition "New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations," opening at the museum in April 2025.The program will include a panel presentation and discussion with the exhibition’s curators; a first look at immersive documentary film clips from Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Cameroon; a signature West African-inspired cocktail; drumming performances; and an opportunity to meet Cameroonian artist Hervé Youmbi and Aimé Kantoussan, Research Director of the Museum of Black Civilizations (Dakar, Senegal).
Additional members of the "New African Masquerades" research team will present their developing scholarship and discuss the project’s ethical methodologies and foundational artistic, community, and institutional collaborations.
This program is free with advance registration.
https://noma.org/event/collaborating-across-continents/
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Where is it happening?
New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Cir,New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
